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Zardari Knew of Osama Bin Laden Attack in Advance?

By Ali Yar Khan • Dec 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Mansoor Ijaz is at it again and refuses to get off the limelight bandwagon. Such is the excitement and thrill of remaining in the news that the man is firing explosives news missiles one after another, and all aimed at the Zardari regime and it seems that the purpose is to divide the establishment and [...]



9 / 11 Episode Revisited

By Inam R Sehri • Sep 21st, 2011 • Category: Politics

Exactly a decade back, on 19th September 2001, Gen Musharraf addressed the nation, acknowledging that many Pakistanis were bitterly opposed to his policy of support for the US in its efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden and dealing with his Al-Qaeda. He made it clear that ‘the US plans are not an attack on [...]



Pakistan’s Worth for America

By Mohsin Sehgal • Sep 3rd, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It is no secret that the relationship between US and Pakistan have gone from bad to worst in recent months after the episodes of a CIA-contracted American spy Raymond Davis and the Bin Laden in Abbottabad. This has infuriated the Pakistani military who basically controls Pakistan and has ended up with eggs on their face. [...]



Pakistan Doesn’t Have Muscle to Vacate Shamsi Air Base

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jul 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Once a beggar, always a beggar. After the Osama Bin Laden’s capture and killing in Abbottabad United States stopped any cooperation and semblance of trust over the Pakistani military, agencies and the government. Pakistanis who were hugely embarrassed also stopped any warming towards the CIA and the Pentagon. But as our military, government and the [...]



Growing Resentment in Pak Army

By Akbar Mayo • Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Few days, much awaited and deliberated response of Pak army on Osama episode made headlines in the leading US papers: The New York Times and The Washington Post. The chief of army staff is under immense pressure and clinging to his post, the report says. For the first time in Pakistan’s history, a serving army [...]



Obama sets Pakistan a target to declare his Final Victory in War against Terror

By A Khokar • Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics

After the successful US stealth raid at Osama bin laden compound in Abbotabad; Obama believes that Pakistan is harbouring all the other top level Al Qaeda commanders and looks forward to declare a Final Victory in War against Terror—by eliminating them on Pakistani soil by using US lead allied forces. Obama announced this in his national speech [...]



Demeaning of Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 14th, 2011 • Category: Politics

It is a fact that United States has damaged the reputation of Pakistan and its security apparatus in the recent days. From the issue of Raymond Davis to the Osama killing, US has shown no compassion and trust towards the Pakistani forces and its government and now Pakistan is furious and it has shown that [...]



Did America Kill Ilyas Kashmiri to Damage Pakistani Credibility?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s been Pakistan’s long standing take, not-so-overtly, that its the United States and NATO who need to “Do More” than the other way round.
Pakistan’s security forces and apparatus is stretched the Western porous border and is also vigilant on the hostile Eastern one, while also keeping a stringent eye in scattered parts of Gilgit Baltistan [...]



Time to Put Our Act Together!

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • May 22nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

Osama has no following in Pakistan; he is neither idealised nor idolized in Pakistan. Public is not angry on the demise of Osama; after all he had already died many times over; likewise this is not the first time that Americans have ditched us . A common Pakistani is feeling humiliated on the way this [...]



Somebody Knew About Osama

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • May 21st, 2011 • Category: Politics

The notion that somebody in the Pakistani establishment knew and was supporting Osama Bin Laden cannot be brushed away by just branding it as figment of imagination of hawks in the world.
Living lavishly in a fortress like house with all the amenities and utilities of life with an army of kids and three wives of [...]